Google has aggressively avoided paying corporate tax in Britain and its international reputation will be damaged until it starts to pay what it owes, a U.K. parliamentary committee said in a damning report on Thursday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to tackle concerns about its stock head-on at the first annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, but investors pressed for answers about why the price is still down a year after the company went public.

Mobile devices are creating new gaming platforms, but they don't pose a threat to the high-end consoles, the head of Sony's gaming business, Jack Tretton, told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Tuesday.

Google bought Israeli mapping startup Waze on Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, acquiring an online real-time mapping service to safeguard its own lead in one of the most crucial aspects of smartphone usage.

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European users of Apple’s iTunes stores can now “return” goods without giving a reason for up to 14 days after purchase, bringing the company in line with European regulations and offering the prospect of de facto “trial periods” on the app store for the first time.